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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1977

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Barber unaware of possible prosecution delay cited Arlington case

Arlington business news reports Norton Barber president of Arlington Water Co says he was unaware Health Department planned to prosecute for not meeting a November 10 health order deadline. Kenneth Stone says he notified Barber early last week of potential action by the attorney general’s office if noncompliance continued.

Anne Webb Arlington State Health Department Arlington Water Co Norton Barber Health Department Kenneth Stone Barber Attorney General’s Office Bennington Torney Stone

Hammer beatings a family affair in Maine case

A 21-year-old man, Elvin B. Hewett Jr., was ordered held on four counts of aggravated assault and transferred from Augusta General Hospital to Maine State Prison after authorities said he beat his mother, sister, and two brothers with a hammer at their rural Kennebec Lincoln County line home. The victims, including two boys ages 11 and 12, suffered skull fractures. the mother and sister were upgraded from critical to satisfactory. Police described the incident as a family affair and recovered a knife and hammer at the scene.

Augusta Maine UPI Elvin B. Hewett Jr Augusta General Hospital Thomaston Richard S. Cohen Hewett Augusta Hospital Simon Spill Alena Rhonda Donald Robert Kennebec Lincoln

Major flu virus returns after 30 year gap

ATLANTA UPI CDC reports reappearance of an influenza strain linked to swine flu, a genetic 'shift' that last caused a major U.S. epidemic in 1968-69 with about 25 million infections and 33 000 deaths. Experts urge vigilance and vaccination continuation while monitoring outbreaks in the Soviet Union and Hong Kong.

Atlanta UPI National Center For Disease Control Walter Dowdle CDC Soviet Union Hong Kong Dowdle World Health Organization United States CDC Public Information

Lead discharge clamp on Globe Union plant action

State official orders Globe Union Inc to stop hose discharge and to collect and treat contaminated water. The Bennington battery plant must build a dike collect runoff, pump into the treatment system, and store contaminated snow and gravel for disposal as investigators plan further inspection.

Globe Union Bennington Globe Union Inc John Malter State Water Resources Department Malter Paul Cummings Cummings James Williams

Vermont Governor Slams Health Department Critics

Gov. Richard Snelling accused a minority of Health Department staff of acting beyond authority and opposed to development interests. He cited uncooperation over a Washington County business, water testing disputes, and a push for regulatory fairness, while praising Health Commissioner Marshall McBean but fearing public misperception of arbitrariness.

Health Department Snelling Washington County Human Services Elizabeth Candon Sister Candon

Begin reveals secret peace plan to Carter and senators

Prime Minister Begin disclosed Israel s secret peace proposals to President Carter and to senators who called them excellent and said they involve many sacrifices on the West Bank the Gaza Strip everywhere Carter briefed Egypt s president Sadat by telephone after a two hour White House meeting in which Begin outlined with maps his proposals for a peace settlement with Egypt and a process for resolving the issue of Palestinian Arabs.

Washington UPI Menahem Begin Israel Carter West Bank Gaza Begin Cairo White House Ference Blair House Sen Henry Jackson D-Wash Jacob Javits R-N.y Javits Gaza Strip Jordan Egypt Sinai Peninsula

Sadat Eyes Cairo Meeting With Begin Within Two Weeks

President Sadat said he hopes to meet Israeli Prime Minister Begin within two weeks, preferably in Egypt, with Carter possibly joining. He suggested Cairo as the likely venue, or Aswan for security ease, and noted a meeting outside Egypt remained possible. Carter spoke with Sadat after talks with Begin in Washington.

Cairo Egypt UPI Anwar Sadat Menahem Begin Carter Sadat U.S U.N Begin Washington Aswan

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